BELOW ARE SOME GREAT RESOURCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH
AND TOOLS TO HELP YOU EVALUATE WEBSITES
AUTHORITY
Who is the author of the site? Is he credible? Can you contact the author?
ACCURACY
Can you verify the information presented? How similar or different is the information compared to other sites on that topic?
CURRENCY
Does it say when the information was last updated? Are all the links live?
COVERAGE
Does it give information on all aspects of the topic? Does the information seem complete? Is there any depth to the information
OBJECTIVITY
Is there more than 1 point of view represented? What's the intent of the site? Does it try to inform you or sell you something? Are there signs of a hoax, revisionism, hate, propaganda, bias, misinformation, publicity, etc.
MEDIA BIAS/FACT CHECK
An online media bias resource that informs on
1) Where a source sits on the political spectrum, right, right-centre, etc.,
2) If its content is questionable,
3) How it ranks on the world press freedom scale... Check their "Methodology" link to find out how they measure the bias factor.
Only use Perplexity to generate ideas and resources. Do not use it to write all or part of your essay.
AI's Large Language Models (like Perplexity and ChatGPT)...
. Are robots
. Are based on language, not logic
. Generate answers, they do not find answers (they are not search engines)
. Have limited "knowledge" (up to 2021 for ChatGPT)
. Are often bad at sourcing
. May confidently give false answers (hallucinations)
. Are biased
. Can plagiarize
WRITING PROMPTS (ENGINEERING)
. Be clear, unique, detailed
. Refine your question
. Refine the answer (ask more or for change)
. Give examples
. Give context
. Define a role ("Explain to a high school student")
. Act as a historian
. Describe the target audience
. Give a purpose
. Define the format of the answer (in point form, an outline)
DIGITAL LIBRARIES (more challenging to use)